About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing criminalization of dissent under the Trump administration, focusing on recent prosecutions and legal updates related to protests against ICE.

OA1277 - We continue our coverage of the Trump administration’s criminalization of dissent with a brief update on the sentencing of the last remaining Prairieland defendant and a closer look at similar federal prosecutions of ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Spokane, and a number of other jurisdictions. Matt then explains how the DOJ just complicated a case against someone alleged to have leaked the second Jack Smith report in the funniest possible way. Finally, in today’s footnote: that one time that Dan Crenshaw and William Shatner tried to make Starfleet happen. “ Final federal Prairieland ‘antifa’ defendant sentenced to six years after helping shooter evade arrest ,” The Dallas Morning News (6/6/2026) Indictment in United States v. Stuckart et al. , Eastern District of Washington (7/9/2025) “ DOJ Targets Anti-ICE Demonstrators with Conspiracy Charges ,” PBS Newshour on Instagram (3/31/2026) Indictment in United States v. Sant et al. , District of Minnesota (6/11/2026) Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It , The Intercept (6/17/2026) “ As ICE protesters like ‘Spokane 3’ are targeted, many still stand up ,” Seattle Times…

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Topics covered

• criminalization of dissent
• federal prosecutions
• protests
• DOJ actions
• political dissent
• ICE protests
• legal updates

Keywords

• Trump administration
• DOJ
• Prairieland
• ICE protests
• criminalization
• federal prosecutions
• political dissent
• legal updates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration, DOJ, PBS Newshour, The Intercept, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, New York Times

Places: Minneapolis, Spokane, Eastern District of Washington, District of Minnesota, Southern District of Florida

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